Clinical trials near you
Clinical trials in the Baltimore area
1,466 studies are recruiting volunteers at 653 research sites in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area.
Sites in Baltimore, Columbia, Towson, Annapolis, Glen Burnie, Rosedale and 32 more towns.
#11 in the US for recruiting studies#1 in Maryland#15 in the US per resident
- Studies recruiting
- 1,466
- Research sites
- 653
- Conditions studied
- 189
- Studies per 100,000 residents
- 51.3
Conditions being studied
The conditions with the most studies recruiting in the area. A study can be for more than one condition.
- Lung cancer90 studies
- Breast cancer64 studies
- Prostate cancer55 studies
- Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)45 studies
- Leukemia41 studies
- Liver disease39 studies
- Head and neck cancer37 studies
- Pancreatic cancer36 studies
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma32 studies
- Overweight and obesity32 studies
- Stroke31 studies
- Bladder cancer30 studies
- Ovarian cancer28 studies
- Heart failure25 studies
- Peripheral nerve disease25 studies
All 189 conditions
- Lung cancer90
- Breast cancer64
- Prostate cancer55
- Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)45
- Leukemia41
- Liver disease39
- Head and neck cancer37
- Pancreatic cancer36
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma32
- Overweight and obesity32
- Stroke31
- Bladder cancer30
- Ovarian cancer28
- Heart failure25
- Peripheral nerve disease25
- Uterine cancer23
- Neuroendocrine tumor22
- Human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV)21
- Kidney cancer20
- Type 2 diabetes20
- Brain cancer19
- Cardiomyopathy17
- Opioid use disorder17
- Depressive disorder16
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)16
- Skin cancer16
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)15
- Melanoma15
- Multiple myeloma (MM)15
- Sarcoma of soft tissue15
- Endometrial cancer14
- Liver cancer14
- Retinal degeneration14
- Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)13
- Anemia13
- COVID-1913
- Motor neuron disease (MND)13
- Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)13
- Cardiovascular disease12
- High blood pressure (hypertension)12
- Intellectual disability12
- Interstitial lung disease12
- Alzheimer's disease11
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)11
- Cervical cancer11
- Crohn's disease11
- Cystic fibrosis11
- Alcohol dependence10
- Biliary tract cancer10
- Esophageal cancer10
- Gastric cancer (stomach cancer)10
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)10
- Chronic kidney disease (CKD)9
- Fallopian tube cancer9
- Ischemic heart disease (IHD)9
- Myelofibrosis9
- Parkinson's disease (PD)9
- Ocular hypertension8
- Systemic sclerosis8
- Asthma7
- Atrial fibrillation (AF)7
- Congenital heart disease7
- Epilepsy7
- Glaucoma7
- Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy7
- Schizophrenia7
- Sickle cell disease7
- Traumatic brain injury7
- Ulcerative colitis (UC)7
- Amyloidosis6
- Anxiety disorder6
- Fatty liver disease (MASH/NASH)6
- Influenza (flu)6
- Osteoarthritis (OA)6
- Type 1 diabetes6
- Achondroplasia5
- Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)5
- Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)5
- Cannabis use disorder5
- Essential thrombocythemia (ET)5
- Food allergy5
- Hearing loss5
- Hepatitis B5
- Insomnia5
- Neurofibromatosis5
- Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1)5
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)5
- Psychotic disorder5
- Pulmonary hypertension5
- Rheumatoid arthritis5
- Scoliosis5
- Smoking dependence5
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)5
- Alopecia4
- Bile duct cancer4
- Chronic skin ulcer4
- Diabetic eye disease4
- Eczema (atopic dermatitis)4
- Gastrointestinal stromal tumor4
- Hodgkin's lymphoma4
- Low back pain4
- Migraine4
- Rhabdomyosarcoma4
- Sleep apnea4
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm3
- Abdominal cancer3
- Alopecia areata3
- Chronic idiopathic urticaria (hives)3
- Down syndrome3
- Dry eye syndrome3
- Endometriosis3
- Familial multiple polyposis syndrome3
- Graft-versus-host disease3
- Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS)3
- Huntington's disease (HD)3
- Neuroblastoma3
- Osteoporosis3
- Overactive bladder (OAB)3
- Pericarditis3
- Peripheral vascular disease3
- Peritoneal cancer3
- Rett's disorder3
- Rotator cuff syndrome3
- Schizoaffective disorder3
- Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)3
- Vaginal cancer3
- Vasculitis3
- Anal cancer2
- Bipolar disorder2
- Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma2
- Frontotemporal dementia (FTD)2
- Gallbladder cancer2
- Graves' disease2
- Hepatitis C2
- Macular edema2
- Neuropathic pain2
- Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)2
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis2
- Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP)2
- Sjogren's syndrome2
- Stargardt's disease2
- Testicular cancer2
- Thrombocytopenia2
- Thyroid cancer2
- Ureteral cancer2
- Urinary incontinence2
- Vascular dementia2
- Acute coronary syndrome1
- Adhesive capsulitis of shoulder (frozen shoulder)1
- Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD)1
- Axial spondyloarthritis1
- Behcet's syndrome1
- Bone cancer1
- Cancer of unknown primary site (CUP)1
- Cerebral palsy1
- Chloasma1
- Eating disorder1
- Epidermolysis bullosa1
- Esophagitis1
- Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy1
- Female infertility1
- Frown lines (glabellar lines)1
- Fragile X syndrome1
- Germ cell tumor1
- Gestational diabetes1
- Hemophilia A1
- Hemophilia B1
- Hepatitis D1
- Hypercholesterolemia1
- Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)1
- Menopause symptoms1
- Narcolepsy1
- Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD)1
- Perthes disease1
- Polycythemia vera1
- Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder1
- Prader-Willi syndrome1
- Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC)1
- Psoriasis1
- Psoriatic arthritis (PsA)1
- Rhabdoid tumor1
- Spasmodic torticollis1
- Thrombotic microangiopathy1
- Tourette's syndrome1
- Tricuspid valve regurgitation1
- Tuberculosis1
- Urethral cancer1
- Uveitis1
- Vulvar cancer1
449 more studies are for conditions not yet in our catalog.
Whom the studies accept
The share of the area's studies open to each group. A study can accept several.
- Adults 18 to 6494%
- Adults 65 and over85%
- Children and teens (under 18)19%
- Healthy volunteers15%
- Open to all sexes91%
- Women only5%
- Men only4%
64 studies are for children only.
Study phases
Earlier phases test safety in fewer people; later phases compare a treatment with the usual care in many.
- Early phase 11%
- Phase 19%
- Phase 1/25%
- Phase 218%
- Phase 2/32%
- Phase 324%
- Phase 43%
- No phase (device, behavioral and other studies)22%
- Not stated17%
Most active research sites
The sites recruiting for the most studies in the area.
- University of Maryland/Greenebaum Cancer CenterBaltimore279 studies
- Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore272 studies
- Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore151 studies
- Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore75 studies
- Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore55 studies
- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore44 studies
- Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore39 studies
- Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore31 studies
- Greater Baltimore Medical CenterTowson27 studies
- UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center/Tate Cancer CenterGlen Burnie26 studies
- Kennedy Krieger InstituteBaltimore23 studies
- Mercy Medical CenterBaltimore20 studies
- Baltimore VA Medical Center VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MDBaltimore19 studies
- Maryland Oncology Hematology, PAColumbia18 studies
- MedStar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale18 studies
Cite these figures
Free to use under CC BY 4.0. Please credit LocalTrial with a link to this page.
Source: LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the Baltimore area, https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/maryland/baltimore, updated November 12, 2026.
Source: <a href="https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/maryland/baltimore">LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the Baltimore area</a>, updated November 12, 2026.
About these figures
Counted from ClinicalTrials.gov, the U.S. registry of clinical studies, for studies recruiting in the United States. A study is counted once however many sites it has in the area.
The area is the U.S. Census Bureau's Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metropolitan area. Residents: 2,859,024, the Census Bureau's latest estimate. Updated November 12, 2026.
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